Next Avenue recently asked readers to tell us the estate planning questions they’d like us to answer. We’re now back with the experts’ views on the top question on your mind, plus — as a bonus — their ...

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A will that put Rocky Hill lawyer Richard Lafferty in line to inherit an elderly woman’s six-figure estate was drawn up in a “contorted and ethically questionable” manner, a probate judge said Monday ...

Question: My husband and I bought an investment property in June 2004 with a friend. We held the title as tenants in common. The friend died in February 2005 without a will or a trust. The property ...

A Clinton Township woman who takes care of her cognitively impaired sister says she has been locked out of the decision-making process by the Wayne County Probate judge, and the trustee of her ...